List of Central American and Caribbean saints

This page is a list of Central American and Caribbean saints, blesseds, venerables, and Servants of God, as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church. These people were born, died, or lived their religious life in any of the territories of North America, excluding Mexico, Canada and the United States.

The Cruz de la Parra, in Baracoa, is the last surviving of the 29 crosses planted in the New World by Columbus. It is the oldest tangible evidence of Catholicism in the Americas.

The first unquestioned presence of the Catholic Church in the Americas was in this region, when Christopher Columbus first set foot on San Salvador. The oldest tangible evidence of Catholicism in the New World, the Cruz de la Parra, is kept in what is now Cuba.

List of saints

The following is the list of saints, including the year in which they were canonized and the country or countries with which they are associated.

List of blesseds

List of venerables

List of Servants of God

Other open causes

Others have been proposed for beatification, and may have active groups supporting their causes. These include:

See also

References

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